yeahduff wrote:Why do you people even like my comic? It's been, like, two years since Charles and Mary have been seen in the same physical location.

I fail.

Well, even if they haven't been together in person, the interactions have been reverberating throughout the whole storyline.

Wherever Charles is, Mary is 'in potenia' and vice versa, right? I almost picked the trio in the survey, but... so far, Lori's still just a foil for the other two. She's gaining as a main character in her own right, but my favorites are still Charles and Mary.

Romance is always a great sideshow, but for me, the main story of this strip is the story of a great friendship. It's a heartwarming, incomprehensible whole that is greater than the sum of its otherwise rather bleak parts... Which us gothy doomlovers kinda like to start with.

Even with a happy ending looming in the distance for Charles (maybe) his truest and first connection with humanity is through Mary. And hers through him.

i like the way Charls and Mary interact. it's like the way my friend Nikkie and i interact. i miss that allot. even the tension between them. it makes me wish she was back. shes been in New Mexico for about 2 years now.

That's one of the great things about this comic, though. It is a perfect window into the REAL people we know, the situations we've been through, while not being teachy and retaining it's ability to be a damn good story.

Duffy's a great writer when it comes to making you realize that your bullshit is not unique bullshit.

yeahduff wrote:Why do you people even like my comic? It's been, like, two years since Charles and Mary have been seen in the same physical location.

I fail.

Well, even if they haven't been together in person, the interactions have been reverberating throughout the whole storyline.

Wherever Charles is, Mary is 'in potenia' and vice versa, right? I almost picked the trio in the survey, but... so far, Lori's still just a foil for the other two. She's gaining as a main character in her own right, but my favorites are still Charles and Mary.

Romance is always a great sideshow, but for me, the main story of this strip is the story of a great friendship. It's a heartwarming, incomprehensible whole that is greater than the sum of its otherwise rather bleak parts... Which us gothy doomlovers kinda like to start with.

Even with a happy ending looming in the distance for Charles (maybe) his truest and first connection with humanity is through Mary. And hers through him.

They're funny that way.

And hey, that's what archives are for, right?

That all sounds about right. (Well, all except that happy ending part. Who knows?) Despite what's going on in the story, it always feels the most natural thing in the world to draw those two together. That's how most of my fanart comes in. And now everyone's patience will be rewarded.

Lydia wrote:Duffy's a great writer when it comes to making you realize that your bullshit is not unique bullshit.

But actually, it's not nearly as bad as that. Although that was the last time they were PHYSICALLY in the same place and speaking together, as comic readers, it's certainly not been that long since we saw them together in a strip. Here's the list (remember what I said about too much free time? I babysit servers all night):